Religious, Terrorism, Security 

Despite the surge of scholarly interest in terrorism and counter-terrorism in the post9/11
world, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the role of religious actors
(especially faith communities and faith leaders) in combating the threat of terrorism.
However, the resurgence of religiosity in contemporary politics should not be viewed as
an inherently dangerous force. As Appleby has argued, a new secular-religious model
of inter and intra-state diplomacy looms as a development with significant potential to
resolve conflict and deny terrorist groups access to communities of support. By drawing
on an Australian example, we argue that in societies that have a strong multicultural
and multifaith character secular-religious diplomacy pitched at the national and subnational
level can play an important role in the formation of a flexible long-term
counterterrorism strategy 

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